Folk History Lesson - Martin Carthy - When US Artists come to Europe for ripping of folk-song-ideas

Intro: 00:00 Main Section: 01:58 Martin Carthy (born 21 May 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, and later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. Carthy is a mostly solo performer of traditional songs in a very distinctive style, accompanying himself on his Martin 000-18 acoustic guitar; his style is marked by the use of alternative tunings (notably C-G-C-D-G-A), and a strongly percussive picking style that emphasises the melody. When American singer Bob Dylan arrived in London for the first time in 1962 to perform in Madhouse on Castle Street, he visited Martin Carthy at The Troubadour, The King & Queen, and The Singers Club. He learned the traditional song "Scarborough Fair" from Carthy, which he later developed into his own song "Girl from the North Country". Carthy's arrangement of the traditional ballad "Scarborough Fair" was adapted also, without acknowledgement, by Paul Simon on the Simon and Garfunkel album recording Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in 1966. This caused a rift between the pair which was not resolved until Simon invited Carthy to sing the song with him on-stage at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2000. He has also been involved with many musical collaborations. He has sung with The Watersons since 1972; was twice a member of British folk rock group Steeleye Span; was a member of the Albion Country Band 1973 line-up, with members from the Fairport Convention family and John Kirkpatrick, that recorded the Battle of the Field album. Source of Info: Wikipedia Source of Video: BBC Folk Roots & New Routes No copyright infringement intended. The purpose of creating this channel is only for music and promotion! I think that everybody has an ear for music, but he/she searches the kind of music that matches to him/her!! Please enjoy and let the music play! All the uploads on this channel are for the promotional purposes only, and are uploaded after release! If you are label manager or artist and you don't want your material featured on the channel please contact me it will be removed inside 24h!

Added 2 Oct 2026